New Price: $400 Used Price: $37
The rarest game for the Gamecube. NCAA Basketball 2K3 is a college basketball game on the Gamecube so it wasn't destined to sell very well. Sega helped seal the deal when they cancelled all 2K series games on the Gamecube and stopped this game in the middle of production. This is one of the few sports games to become rare and valuable on any system.See Current NCAA College Basketball 2K3 Prices

New Price: $200 Used Price: $58
Phantasy Star Online Plus is a rerelease of the Phantasy Star Online game for Gamecube (also on this list). The Plus version fixed a few bugs in the intial release and added a few extra areas. The game sold poorly because it was an online game released after everyone realized the Gamecube's online was dead on arrival. See Current Phantasy Star Online Plus Prices

New Price: $200 Used Price: $30
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 is similar to Super Smash Bros in gameplay but uses the Digimon characters. Its a sequel to the original Digimon Rumble Arena but did not sell as well as the original. The game received a lukewarm reception from critics but is still valued by collectors.See Current Digimon Rumble Arena 2 Prices

New Price: $198 Used Price: $22
Beyond Good and Evil was released by Ubisoft in 2003 on every console. It was reviewed well but sold poorly on all systems. In May 2008, Ubisoft leaked a teaser trailer for Beyond Good and Evil 2 which sparked more interest in the original and increased prices.See Current Beyond Good and Evil Prices

New Price: $160 Used Price: $44
DDR Mario Mix is a regular DDR game with Mario characters, music, and art. It is the only US released DDR game on the Gamecube. Nintendo released the game in limited quantities for the 2005 Christmas season and it quickly sold out. In early 2006 Nintendo restocked shelves but quietly discontinued the game soon after.See Current DDR Mario Mix w/ Pad Prices

New Price: $150 Used Price: $42
A role playing game with a focus on online co-op play. Sega released this game as the marquee title for the Gamecube's online service. The service never caught on and Phantasy Star Online sales suffered. Sega shut down their servers in 2007 but you can still play the game solo or with 4 player split screen.See Current Phantasy Star Online Prices

New Price: $150 Used Price: $31
This was one of the four Resident Evil games Capcom re-released on Gamecube. Code Veronica and Resident Evil 2 received limited production runs after the Gamecube's poor sales. After Resident Evil 4 released on the Gamecube prices spiked for all four RE games but only Code Veronica's prices remained high enough to make this list.See Current Resident Evil Code Veronica X Prices

New Price: $140 Used Price: $40
Twin Snakes is a remake of the original Metal Gear Solid for PS1 and was co-developed by Silicon Knights and Konami. Development was overseen by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima and Shigeru Miyamoto. Critics loved the game and gave it an 85 average on Metacritic but the remake didn't sell as well as the original.See Current Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes Prices

New Price: $140 Used Price: $34
Ikaruga is a shooter originally released for Arcade and Dreamcast. In general, the shooter genre doesn't sell very well and Ikaruga was no exception. The game is ranked as the 2nd best 2D shooter by ScrewAttack and the 3rd greatest shooter by IGN.See Current Ikaruga Prices

New Price: $110 Used Price: $45
Pokemon Box isn't a game but allows players to store and sort Pokemon from the Gameboy Advance Pokemon games. In the US the game was only sold at the Nintendo World store and online, which limited the sales. The European version was never sold in stores but available through the Nintendo of Europe loyalty program. See Current Pokemon Box Prices

New Price: $100 Used Price: $30
Cubivore is a action/adventure game with some RPG elements. You raise your creature through different mutations and offspring until you can defeat the Killer Cubivore. The game was called "Animal Leader" in Japan and was brought to the US by Atlus. Like most of their games, Cubivore received a very limited production. See Current Cubivore Prices

New Price: $100 Used Price: $25
Jedi Outcast is an Action game original released on the PC and later ported to the Gamecube and Xbox in 2002. The game has you playing as a former Jedi Knight and lets you use lightsabers, blasters, and turrets. Jedi Outcast did not sell as well as other Star Wars games published by on the Gamecube and is more rare than the other titles.See Current Star Wars Jedi Outcast Prices

The list is ranked by highest sales price over the last three months. All the games are not rare (hard to find with small quantities available), but relative to demand all of these are in short supply.

Used prices are the average price between August 4th, 2008 and November 14th, 2008. New prices are the highest price a sealed version of the game sold for during this same time period.

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I never would have guessed NCAA College Basketball 2K3 would be at the top. The online games on this list make me wonder how well current games will age. If the company removes the servers for an online game, some of the game play is permanently lost. Maybe really popular games will be reverse engineered and enthusiasts will host the online experience on their own servers.

I've flipped several copies of NCAA 2k3 over the years, and almost every time, I found the game at Blockbuster. It made wonder if rental chains were the only place that ordered/got shipments of the game.

I swiped a copy of MGSTS from blockbuster for $4 after seeing the ebay prices. Typical Blockbuster fare, no box, no manual, but jeez was it worth it at that price. I was not dissappointed with the game either.

Baten Kaitos Origins isn't worth it. The game re uses lots of graphics from the first game. I would call it Baiten Kaitos 1.5. They ruined the gameplay by limiting the number of decks you can use. I was a big fan of the first, but was let down by the sequel.

Check it out... You can still play Phantasy Star Online... online! PRIVATE SERVERS ROCK. Go to (http://www.schtserv.com) and see what I mean. There are hundreds of people still playing online and it's universal cross-console.

NCAA Basketball is rare (and it was sold outside of rental chains, to who ever asked, I got my copy at EB Games in Seattle, WA). Pokemon Box is rare by virtue of only being sold via Nintendo's 1-800 number or at the Nintendo/Pokemon Store in new york.

None of the other games are rare or even close. Dance Dance Revolution Mario? A game that had to print runs, selling out both, in every major big box chain in America? You're a total moron for even listing it.

Thanks for your comment Anonymous, but I don't think you read the whole article. It is called "Rare & Expensive Gamecube Games" and I state in the article that the list is ranked by the price of the items.

Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix still sells for a lot of money so it is rare relative to the demand for the game. I never said the games on this list are the Gamecube games with the smallest print-runs and the fewest copies available.

Mega Man X Collection needs to be added the expensive games section. The lowest priced copy on ebay is $35.45 and there is only about 3 copies (gamecube) on ebay. It's a good thing I have 2 of them, both for gamecube!

Yesterday Dec.30, 2010..I have found the GameCube game NCAA 2K3 College Basketball Game at a Garage Sale. I bought all 24 GameCube Games for 10 cents each, I only took a litte peek at them and bought'em . My son was going thru all the games as I was driving, and just then I spot that special game. I was so EXCITED!!! Other games included D.K. Jungle Beat, Mario Golf, superstar Baseball, Sunshine, Strikers..

gah i have been wanting code veronica but not for 30 bucks not when u can get it on a ps2 for like 3 bucks. aaand eternal darkness was a sweet game for whoever posted about it earlier. a truely unique and compelling game. id like to have that one as well. errr all i have on the cube is res evil one and 4.

"Jedi Outcast was the only LucasArts published title on the Gamecube and did not sell as well as the Rogue Leader games published by Nintendo."

Eh? All Star Wars licences on the Gamecube were published by LucasArts with Nintendo. Unless the LucasArts labels on my Bounty Hunter, RL and Clone Wars cases are forgeries! LucasArts published Gladius, Bounty Hunter, The Clone Wars, RL II + III for the GC.

Yes, the game is sealed inside the original game case and mint. It also contains the memory card. I still have the link cable and the original box as well. Thanks for your input j.j., and by the way the game is going for between 200-300 dollars now new.

I love the site! Just picked up cubivore, killer 7, bust a move, and a couple others. Do you know the value of the freeloader disc to play import games? Also, would you mind updating price list? Almost all have gone up. Thanks

Yeah. In fact, the average for a used Pokemon Box is up to around 125 and up... I'm excited about that, because I picked up Pokemon Box with the memory card but without the transfer cable a few years ago for 5 bucks!

Very interesting article. I was amazed to find out that Cubivore is worth about 108$ today in 2015. It's a very weird / strange game, but was well worth the purchase when I got it back when it was still sold in stores. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for an unusual gamecube game that is a lot of fun.